Do you think academic scores are good enough to assess someone's intelligence entirely?

[Anonymous]

The academic intelligence is given far more importance than any other intelligence, I believe. What do you think about this?

I mean from a career's point of view.

Yes.

No.

Not completely agree with you, but it makes sense, somewhat.

[NathanDavis]

nope... me a college dropout, I've been tutoring plenty of college students before, and I did even when I was way younger (middle-school) age

scores and grades are not enough, especially when you didn't get them because of your actual knowledge and intelligence but got them with influence and connections

academic intelligence matters, yes... but it is definitely not the most important factor out there, at least not every single time

There is one thing that to me stands out more than your school grades, and this is your ability to be able to learn even more, after you have stopped getting grades in school... whether you're a doctor, an engineer, an architect, a designer, a programmer... your career will be much more valuable from the things you learn after school, and not just if you conform or settle for the things you learned at school

the best learners keep learning over experience and time, while others... just got grades while they were at school... lol

[OlderAndWiser]

Are you trying to distinguish academic achievement (such as GPA) from raw measures of intelligence (such as scores on IQ tests?)

[Asker]

Amazing!

I am trying to get opinions on the disproportionate dependence on academic achievements as compared to their actual varied forms of intelligence. Just as you said.

[OlderAndWiser]

Okay. Academic scores are not a measure of pure intelligence; they are a measure of achievement in one setting. Achievement MAY be a better predictor of future behavior because someone who has lower intelligence but is motivated may be a better performer than someone who has innate capacity but is not motivated. I think the answer may vary depending on the situation for which you are trying to assess candidates.

[menina]

To me it isn't. There are several kinds of intelligence. Besides what's the point of being academically intelligent if you don't know how to deal with everyday situations? If you can't support yourself? If you can't stand up for yourself?

Also many companies don't care about your grades. They care about your experience, your personality, your skills, the way you deal with others, the way you solve a problem and many other things that you don't learn at school.

[Justneedtokno]

It only measure is the knowledge that you retain not the other common sense that you may have

[MCheetah]

No. As a teacher, I assure you, all they do is test someone's ability to cram information and memorize. Not everyone is a good test taker, and knowledge is not the same thing as intelligence. Stupid people can be very knowledgeable about certain things, and highly intelligent people can be very unknowledgeable about certain things.

[Asker]

If you had given this opinion a bit earlier, then you would be the MHO.

[MCheetah]

GAG is sometimes super-late recommending questions to me.

[BCRanger10]

Not necessarily. All it really means is that you did the homework and passed the tests. Sure, it might say something about your ability to think about what you've learned, but that's no guarantee.

[Asker]

Like there's a difference between a smart person and a graduated person. A graduated person can also be a dumb one.

[NatalieIshereO]

Definitely not, there are other factors